Utilizing Shell Voicings to Represent Piano Chords

[94ferraz]

nice video

[johnbresnik]

Blues in B flat -- this is the style I learned in the 50s - still good today.

[pettinhouse]

Tremonti al piano!

[jamesmykal]

does anybody if a shell voicing is another term for comp chord?

[danieljones013]

@jamesmykal a shell voicing is simply the 1 and 7 of any chord. The root and seventh. Any chord, voicing, inversion...etc can be used to comp. This is one of the simpler voicings.

[1888junkteam]

excellent work!

[cityofsp]

Sifu, are these not also called Bud Powell voicings because of the R3 and R7/b7 tones? Unlike tri-tones, these shells have a Root (R) and third (3rd) or seventh (7th), but is it adviseable to have back to back shells of the same quality and/or color tone?  Are they not supposed to be alternated? Thanks for your time!

[ntnightmares]

nice.

[4wheeljive]

This is what I have been looking for, thanks for that buddy

[Doumbeck]

Nice lesson.. who is the teacher?

[scrawfrd02]

absolutely sick! u may have changed my style compltely

[MaestroChris]

In other circles this is called Tri-Tones

[SPCPopPiano]

Actually, a tritone is an interval of 6 half steps; shell voicings are R3 and R7 which can be 3 or 4 half steps for 3rds, and 10 or 11 half steps for 7ths (with an occasional dim7 at 9 half steps). You are probably thinking about the distance between the 3rd and 7th of a dominant 7th chord, indeed an interval of a tritone.

[nikanj]

Shell voicing eh? I don't play much Jazz but it sounds useful, I'll have to look it up.